If you want to lose weight, smoothies can be a fantastic helping hand, and they taste absolutely great without the need for added sugar!
Absolutely! Unlike fruit juice, they retain all the health benefits, fiber, and pulp from fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds and will help keep you full.
Fruits – grapes and apples (higher in sugar), mangos, melons, citrus fruits and tropical fruits
Berries – blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are great.
Vegetables – I’d stick to the greens, but you can use any vegetable you want. I especially love carrots!
Seeds/Nuts – pumpkin, sunflower, chia, flax, hemp seeds. Almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pecans, brazil nuts, etc.
Milk – regular milk, almond, oat, coconut milk, etc.
Protein – nuts, seeds, nut butter, cottage cheese, yogurt, milk, protein powder, nut powder, etc.
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Fresh blueberries (1 cup)
Orange (1/2)
Greek yogurt (1/4 cup)
Almond milk (1 cup)
Ice cubes (½ cup)
Orange peel (1/4 tsp, grated)
Orange peel (for garnish)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Smooth peanut butter (1 tbsp)
Avocado (1/4, large)
Almond milk (1 cup)
Cocoa powder (1 tsp)
Honey (1 tsp)
Ice cubes (1/4 cup)
Nutmeg (1/4 tsp)
Vanilla extract (1/2 tsp)
Cocoa nibs (to top up)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Frozen mango chunks (1 cup)
Unsweetened coconut water (1 cup)
Greek yogurt (½ cup)
Peanut butter (1 tbsp)
Protein powder (1 tbsp)
Water (1/2 cup)
Chia seeds (to top up)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Fresh baby spinach (2 cups)
Frozen pineapple chunks (1 cup)
Banana (1/2, small)
Chia seeds (1 tbsp)
Lemon juice (1 tbsp)
Water (1 cup)
Chia seeds (to top up)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Raspberries (1 cup)
Chopped peaches (¾ cup)
Flax seeds (1 tbsp)
Greek yogurt (¼ cup)
Vanilla almond milk (1 cup)
Ice cubes (1/2 cup)
Flaxseeds (to top up)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Rolled oats (1/4 cup)
Greek yogurt (1/4 cup)
Honey (1 tsp)
Almond milk (1 cup)
Ground cinnamon (1 tsp)
Vanilla extract (1/4 tsp)
Banana (1/2)
Walnuts (1 tbsp)
Ice cubes (¼ cup)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Blueberries (1/2 cup)
Fresh kale (1/4 cup)
Banana (1/2)
Vanilla protein powder (2 tbsp)
Unsweetened almond milk (1/2 cup)
Water (1/2 cup)
Ice cubes (1/4 cup)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Vanilla protein powder (3 tbsp)
Unsweetened almond milk (1 cup)
Lime juice (¾ cup)
Lime zest (2 tsp)
Salt (a pinch)
Ice cubes (1 cup)
Chia seeds (1 tbsp )
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Carrots (1.5 cups, chopped, peel-on)
Grated ginger (1 tsp)
Coconut yogurt (1/3 cup)
Coconut water (1 cup )
Honey (1 tsp)
Ice cubes (1/2 cup)
Hemp seeds (1 tsp, to sprinkle on top)
Per Serving (1 glass):
Ingredients to Put into a Blender:
Cold coffee (½ cup)
Unsweetened almond milk (½ cup)
Banana (1/2)
Vanilla protein powder (2 tbsp)
Peanut butter (1 tbsp)
Cocoa powder (1 tsp)
Pure vanilla extract (½ tsp)
Ice cubes (1/4 cup)
Per Serving (1 glass):
The body performs better in all of its systems if your diet is providing the nutrition it needs. When you feel more energized, you will move more, use more calories and start to burn stored fat as the body looks for extra fuel sources. Smoothies will encourage you to drink more, leaving you more hydrated, which can also help with fat loss.
You can replace any peanut butter in these recipes with seed butter. There are so many to choose from now, and they are so tasty and full of excellent nutrition.
Welcome, my name is Karo! Eating well should not be hard! Thus, I share easy, flavorful, satisfying and nutritious recipes anyone can make.
